Writing-wise: it used to be short stories, then I wrote a
lot of poetry, now I'm back to short stories. Sort of horror, SF, weird,
oddball. I like crossovers and work that's difficult to categorize.

What inspired you to
write “Ithica or Bust”?

David A Sutton told me about the Ancient Wonder anthology only weeks before the deadline. Being so
long out of the loop I had no real idea of what was required but wanted to have
a go, so updated a bit of Greek mythology into science fiction space
opera, throwing in as many references as I could squeeze onto the page. It
was very untypical of my more usual output but I had great fun putting it
together.

If the TARDIS could
drop you off to any one site in its heyday, where would you go?

I would get the TARDIS to drop me off at Cheltenham Race
Course one day next week so I could jot down all the winners and come back to
make a fortune from the bookies.

What appeals to you
most about ancient sites/landscapes?

My problem here is that at my age I remember most ancient
sites and landscapes when they were new.

What do you have
coming out next?

Two stories in Shadow Publishing's reprint anthology Horror! Under the Tombstone, and two
stories accepted by the American audio magazine Tales to Terrify, but I have not been told yet when they are due to
be used.

[Bryn Fortey appeared in various anthologies during the
1970s, including: New Writings in Horror
& the Supernatural and New
Writings in SF. He was also published in various Fontana anthologies edited
by Mary Danby. Bryn’s beat-styled poetry magazine Outlaw was Best UK Small Press Magazine of 2004 in the Purple Patch
Awards. In the same year he won the Undercurrent Aber Valley Short Story
Competition with “The Dying Game”. In 2009 his “A Taxi Driver on Mars” was
first in the Data Dump Awards for SF poetry in the UK. Bryn hales from South
Wales.]

The Alchemy Press

British independent press: The Alchemy Press, run by Peter Coleborn. I have edited and produced titles for the British Fantasy Society (including Dark Horizons, Winter Chills and Chills). I have chaired both the BFS and the annual British Fantasy Convention. I write fiction, reviews, edit manuscripts (including line edits) for other writers, co-created and chair a writers' group. In 2009 I sat as one of the judges for the prestigious World Fantasy Awards ... And I also take photographs.